From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 00:26:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6AB91065671 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:26:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.96]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51A088FC31 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:26:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.36]) by QMTA09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Xc3J1a00i0mv7h059cSp8U; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:26:49 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id XcRx1a00k2P6wsM3XcRy4u; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:25:58 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=eRxeISc1rmgA:10 a=Jh77GqAbcSgA:10 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=j4adT7Vlbi2tEBrHKigA:9 a=GWIWnmR4aaRLTyJEmZAA:7 a=inzSFtumg5XHQvCCpjynMEkbsG8A:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 58372C9419; Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:26:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:26:48 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: LennyCZ Message-ID: <20081027002648.GB7165@icarus.home.lan> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for the right "FreeBSD.iso" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:26:50 -0000 On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 12:34:42AM +0100, LennyCZ wrote: > Hello! > > I would like to try FreeBSD on my machine, but I did not find any > information regarding the ISO files on FreeBSD FTP sites. > > For example, in ISO directory for 7.0 release, I found these files: > > 7.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso > 7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso > 7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso > 7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc3.iso > 7.0-RELEASE-i386-docs.iso > 7.0-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso > > Please could you tell me which files I exactly need to download & burn > to install a "normal" FreeBSD installation? Do I need all three *-disc[n] > discs? If so, is there a DVD version available? You only need one: 7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso If you plan on installing many binary packages (from the installer, not once FreeBSD is installed), then you might also want "disc2". More importantly, I *strongly* recommend you download the 7.1-BETA2 ISO(s) instead. You'll find them in the releases/ directory on the FTP mirrors. > Maybe I am wrong, but I feel it shouldn't be necessary to waste 3 CDs > from installation if I have a high-speed permanent Internet connection. You should try sending this note to most of the Linux distributions, many of which *require* a DVD drive (what makes you think everyone has one?), or require you to download 2 or 3 CDs. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |